Microsoft announced a public preview of the device-based conditional access policy feature for Azure AD back in August – starting today, it is available to all. Device-based conditional access policy gives IT admins the ability to restrict access to managed devices in the enterprise environment – basically, they can control …
Read More »‘Arena’ is out for Xbox One Preview, updates for ‘Looking for Games’ as well
Last month, Microsoft rolled out ‘Clubs’ and ‘Looking for Games’ to Xbox One Preview members and the Xbox (beta) app on Windows 10. In the same announcement, ‘Arena’ was mentioned – today it’s here. Microsoft didn’t quite release many details about ‘Arena’ last month – but today we have the …
Read More »Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made $17.7m last fiscal year
Microsoft paid its Chief Executive Satya Nadella $17.7 million in the last fiscal year, down three percent from the year before. His compensation comprises of $5.66 million in salary, and a bonus of $12 million in stock award – half of which vest in 2018, if Microsoft achieves the revenue …
Read More »Lenovo launches eight new laptops in India, anticipating for the festive season
At an event, Lenovo announced eight new laptops for the Indian market. Five from the Ideapad series, two Yoga laptops, and one Miix. In anticipation of the upcoming festive season, Lenovo has launched a broad range of laptops for the Indian market – starting from ₹17,490 and going as high …
Read More »Lenovo believes Microsoft is not fully committed to Windows Mobile
At the Canalys Channel Forum 2016 hosted in Barcelona, Lenovo’s COO, Gianfranco Lanci spoke about Lenovo’s doubts regarding the Windows Mobile ecosystem. Lanci told the attendees at the Canalys Channel Forum 2016 that Windows 10 has been gaining momentum with the corporate and enterprise markets for PCs, but on the …
Read More »Office 2016 for Mac gets new features in the October Insiders Slow update
Microsoft announced the Slow ring for Office Insiders four weeks ago, and the updates have started pouring in. The Slow ring gets an update every two weeks. With today’s update, Office 2016 for Mac receives a few new features across all of the Office apps. The new version is 15.27 (161003), …
Read More »Microsoft officially discontinues Band line-up, pulls Band 2 off the shelves
After several weeks of rumours and speculation, Microsoft has finally officially admitted – the Band brand is dead, and the manufacturing has been suspended. Microsoft has removed all listings for the Band devices from the Microsoft Store and is apparently bringing the products off the shelves across several of Microsoft’s …
Read More »Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 teases us with a new trailer, up for pre-order
Sniper: Ghost Warrior is a franchise that caters to a niche – there’s first person shooter, and then there’s ‘sniper simulators.’ The premise of Sniper: Ghost Warrior depends on it being a good ‘sniper shooter’ – it might not be a simulator in strict terms, but it refines the sniping …
Read More »Bing now has a dashboard to help you track your DMCA copyright claims
Bing has launched a new dashboard to help users track and provide historical statistics for DMCA notices submitted by them. Bing provides an interesting analogy to introduce this feature – divorce. In Microsoft’s words: “Lack of communication is a leading cause of divorce. Communication is vital, and sharing the status …
Read More »Minecraft might become cross-platform across devices
With Microsoft’s resources, Mojang has managed to bring Minecraft to an array of new platforms – but they are not unified. Each platform is segregated, with its own set of features. That could be changing soon. In an interview with Business Insider, Jonas Martensson – the CEO of Mojang – said …
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